Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 14329, Abraham Fuller, Conn.

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Fuller, Abraham
R. 14329
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Abraham Fuller Heir of. Petitions of the Heir of Captain Abraham Fuller, an officer of the Revolutionary War, in the Connecticut Line of Troops - asking for a pen- sion and Bounty Land
Dec 19 1857 Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions
Ms 2 V 10 h 10 (Conn.) Rev Pensions

...the late Capt. David ...
Personally appeared before me Rufus Fuller, a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of ...
...that she was ... that the late Captain Fuller ...
...that she has a thousand ...
...the daughter of the late Capt. David Stone ...

for he was a man of large mind and spirit it freely when  as necessary, & abundant, - and with heroic resolution. He was more than 70 years of age. His friend Genl Sullivan of Mass. & Gen. Ethan Allen of Vermont say that he was a Capt. in the Revolutionary War. Deponent further says that she knows personally Mr. Jeremiah Fuller, now residing in the town of South Berkshire County, Vt. He is the son of the late Mrs. Mary Fuller, who lived in the town of North Berkshire County, Vt. and who died about 10 years ago. She says that she has seen Mr. Fuller at the house of her friend, Mrs. Mary Fuller, who lived in the town of North Berkshire County, & also that she has seen him at the house of her friend, Mrs. Mary Fuller, who lived in the town of North Berkshire County, Vt. during the time of her life. Before Mrs. Berchtes & when the father of Capt. Fuller resided here, and at the time of her death in the year 1840 - she remembers very clearly from memory that Capt. Fuller was at the house. Deponent has heard Gen. Ethan Allen say he knew Capt. Fuller as a soldier in the American Army during the Revolution. He heard Col. John Brown say that he knew Capt. Fuller very well and that he was a very good soldier. He also heard Col. John Brown say that he was a very good soldier in the United States for many years, and many years after his father's death, Col. John Brown, Capt. Fuller, Depo- nent has on several occasions heard Gen. Ethan Allen advise Capt. Fuller to make a claim for his services.
W. H. Fuller
This 22 day of June 1875. Lucas Fuller - Partee of the same

The State of Connecticut } County of Litchfield }
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States,
The Petition of Jeremiah Ful- ler of Kent, in the County of Litchfield, & State of Connecticut respectfully
Sheweth,
That your Petitioner is the only child, and the only heir at law, of Captain Abraham Fuller, deceased, late of the said County of Litchfield, in the State of Connecticut.
That his father, the said Captain Abraham Fuller, was a Captain in the Connecticut Line of troops, on Continental establishment, in the time of the revolutionary war, and was one of the most act- ive and efficient officers in the service.
That before the revolution he was a lieut- enant in the Militia of the Colonial service, but when the difficulties occurred between the Colonies and Great Britain, he promptly took the side of his country, and upon the news of the battle of Lexington having been fought, in April 1775, at his own expense, he raised a company of Volunteers, and enlisted in the service of his state & country. That he soon after joined the Army in the neighborhood of Boston, then the seat of war, and was with the Army when the command of it, was taken by General George Washington in June fol- lowing, and remained with it, until the British were driven from the City in March 1776. That after this event he was ordered to Danbury, Connecticut to guard the Government Stores, there deposited. That

he served, and was at the battle of Long Island in August 1776. That he was at the battle of White Plains in October of the same year. That subsequently he was a volunteer, as part of the quota of troops assigned to be furnished by the State of Connecticut, & with his Company, was ordered to, and went to the army then in garrison at Peekskill, New York. That with few interruptions he did actual service in field and in garrison in various parts of the country, attached to the Northern Army, until the end of the War. All which facts are amply proved by the testimony herewith filed, part of the same being a transcript from the Army files of records in the office of the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut.
Your Petitioner would further show that all this service was performed to the entire approval of all his superior officers, under whom he served as is shown by the numerous letters written to the said Capt. Fuller in his lifetime, & now in the possession of his family, kept by them as an imperishable legacy, to be transmitted by your petitioner as evidence of the honor and integrity of a soldier of that day, "the day that tried men's souls."
Your Petitioner would further show, that at the time he rendered these services, he was a man of ample pecuniary means, young, zealous, and impetuous, and he lived to see the efforts he contributed, crowned with full success, and never asked or was paid any compensation for the money he expended, and sacrifices he incurred. That he never asked any remuneration of his country, assigning as his reason that it had no treasury to pay out of, except the scanty means that every day's successive wants required. He often stated to his friends that he would wait and ask

some compensation when his country was able to pay him. He never even asked or received the bounty have promised by Congress. That for the last two years of his service he did not receive even the poor depreciated pay proper due him as a soldier.
Your Petitioner would further show, that for many years prior to the death of the said Captain Abraham Fuller by reason of his great age, & bodily infirmities, he lost altogether his memory, though in good physical health otherwise, & he was incapacitated to attend properly to his business affairs, and in this state of mental prostration he died. That by reason of this mental prostration he was not able to apply to the Government for the benefit of the Pension Law, passed for the benefit of soldiers of the revolution. But your petitioner, in his name and behalf of his father, on the twelfth day of March A.D. 1854 made application to the Pension Office for the pension, to which he was entitled as a Captain, but having deposited this life before the proceedings in  same were necessary in such case were consummated, he did not receive the pension to which he was entitled. That not having received said pension, nor the Bounty Bonds promised by the Continental Congress, in his lifetime, as aforesaid, the amount of said pension, that the said Captain Abraham Fuller would have received had he survived a little longer, ought of right, and is now due to your Petitioner as his son, and only heir at law, Wherefore,
Your Petitioner, himself an old man of eighty years, prays your Honorable Bodies to pass an Act authorizing the proper accounting officers of the Treasury of the United States, to place the name of the said Captain Abraham Fuller on

the Pension Roll, and to pay to your Petitioner such amount of Pension as the said Captain Abraham Fuller was entitled to, & would have received at the time of his death, to wit, the sixth day of June A.D. 1854. And also that your Honorable Rodie, would grant him the Bounty Land promised by Congress, under its resolutions solemnly passed, which your Petitioner conceives is a vested right, descendible to him as heir at law.
And your Petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray, and so far.
Jeremiah Fuller. for A. Fuller his son and Atty. in fact.

14329  aw
P. O. _____
Capt. Abraham Fuller
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
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Abraham Fuller Conn. R. 14329.
a broadside containing instructions to the officers of the Conn. troops, signed Jonathan Trumbull, dated Lebanon, Dec. 14. 1776.
has been removed from this case and is locked up in the Record Div.
AW Dec. 6. 11

No. 39, 175. Capt. Abraham Fisher Connecticut
Lt. J. H. Peters March 17. '62
Act 7 th June 18 32

Depositions of
1. E. Maxwell, 2. James Stuart, 3. Miles Rodwell. 4. D. Fuller.
The Testimony comprises
Four depositions above named = Certificate of State Comp: = Order of 3 years service = Original Commission as Vt. = Printed Circular of Gov. Brumhall = Extended order of Gov. Brumhall to Col. Increase Moseley, then to Capt. Fuller in 1778.

Oct 18th 1850
My dear Cousin Rufus Fuller I have just received a letter from you, dated the 14th inst. in which you inform me that you are Ninety two years of age, and that you have been a resident of this town of Kent for the past eighty two years. I defer my further reply, that he was born previously to the Revolution, and that he was a Captain in the Continental Army, until I can ascertain the date of his birth. I am, Dear Cousin, your affectionate nephew, Miles Broadwell.
I defer my further reply, that he was born previously to the Revolution, and that he was a Captain in the Continental Army, until I can ascertain the date of his birth. I am, Dear Cousin, your affectionate nephew, Miles Broadwell.
I defer my further reply, that he was born previously to the Revolution, and that he was a Captain in the Continental Army, until I can ascertain the date of his birth. I am, Dear Cousin, your affectionate nephew, Miles Broadwell.
Miles Broadwell
Rufus Fuller, Cousin of the Deane

Dear Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 14th inst.
Several P. & L. Subscribers have not this 1 st day of Sept r 1884
Rufus Fuller Fortune of the Peak

The State of Georgia County of McIntosh I, 40 years of age, of the County of McIntosh, State of Georgia, do hereby certify that the within copy is a true copy of the original now on file in my office. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said office this 10th day of August, 1880. [Signature] Notary Public  I, 40 years of age, of the County of McIntosh, State of Georgia, do hereby certify that the within copy is a true copy of the original now on file in my office. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said office this 10th day of August, 1880. [Signature] Notary Public  I, 40 years of age, of the County of McIntosh, State of Georgia, do hereby certify that the within copy is a true copy of the original now on file in my office. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said office this 10th day of August, 1880. [Signature] Notary Public
I, 40 years of age, of the County of McIntosh, State of Georgia, do hereby certify that the within copy is a true copy of the original now on file in my office. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said office this 10th day of August, 1880. [Signature] Notary Public  I, 40 years of age, of the County of McIntosh, State of Georgia, do hereby certify that the within copy is a true copy of the original now on file in my office. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said office this 10th day of August, 1880. [Signature] Notary Public  I, 40 years of age, of the County of McIntosh, State of Georgia, do hereby certify that the within copy is a true copy of the original now on file in my office. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said office this 10th day of August, 1880. [Signature] Notary Public

1780. This was one of the first companies raised after the battle of Lexington in 1775. Defendant further avers that she personally knows that Jeremiah Fuller at the time of the formation of this company was a Captain in the American Army of 1775. After the news of the affair at Concord Capt. Fuller & his company marched to Boston & remained there until Gen. Washington took command of the troops. Defendant further avers that she is personally acquainted with Jeremiah Fuller since the time of his birth & has therefore known him all his life, and has never known any other person that she has more than the slightest acquaintance with, and is certain that he is the child, and the only child of the aforesaid Captain Jeremiah Fuller, and that he is his right heir, and direct descendant and only lineal descendant of him. Defendant related Capt. Fuller at White Plains in the Autumn of 1776. He was on duty. Defendant has been informed that the last name Jeremiah Fuller at the time of his death is about to apply to Congress for pay for services rendered, and that she has been informed that the late Captain Jeremiah Fuller, & he has offered to deposit for each statement of fact as may be within her knowledge, and defendant has no hesitation in saying that she knows he is the child of the aforesaid Captain Jeremiah Fuller, & he was born in the early part of 1747 while his father Capt. Fuller was at Danbury in the Army, guarding the stores of the Government. Defendant further avers that she is not related to the aforesaid Jeremiah Fuller in any way, and that she has no interest whatever in the result of his application to Congress for payment of money due the late Capt. Fuller nor does she expect any interest or benefit from any, and that all the facts she has above set forth are true in every regard, and set forth by her as one personally known to her, & not derived from information of others.
Eunice Mark Mawwee
Subscribed to me this 22 nd day of August 1854 Rufus Fuller Justice of the Peace
I, the aforesaid Rufus Fuller

I the aforesaid Rufus Fuller Justice of the Peace as aforesaid do certify, that I personally know the said Mrs Eunice Hawsphere that she is really aged and recognized in the County of Litchfield as one of the oldest inhabitants therein and universally believed to be about one hundred years of age, That she still retains her mental faculties, and is highly esteemed in the community of Kent, and I further certify that for veracity and integrity she is unimpeachable.
And I also further certify that I am personally acquainted with the aforesaid Phoebe Boardman, Elmer Stuart and Mrs Dolly Fuller, the persons who have deposed to the foregoing affidavits & know them to be highly respectable citizens, whose veracity & integrity are beyond cavil or impeachment and I have no doubt of the entire truth of all the statements made by each & all of them in their several depositions acknowledged before me, and I further certify that I am not related to or connected with the aforesaid Eunice Hawsphere & have no interest in the subject matter herein testified to.
Given under my hand at the Town of Kent this 8 th day of October A.D. 1857.
Rufus Fuller, Justice of the Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } COUNTY OF LITCHFIELD, } ss. Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court, }
I, FREDERICK D. BEEMAN , Clerk of said Court, within and for said Litchfield County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify---That
Rufus Hilles Esquire.
was, on the 22 d day of June 185 7 .
ever since has been
and now is, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State, to take the acknowledgement of Deeds and other Instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand-writing, and believe that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature; and that said instrument is executed, acknowledged, and duly authenticated, according to the laws of this State.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said Court, at Litchfield, in said County and State,
on the 8 th day of October A. D. 185 7 .
Frederick D. Beeman Clerk!

Certificate of Service from Comptroller of Connecticut
in the case of Capt d Abram Fuller. 2 Years 8 Mo.

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford Aug. 11 th 1857
I certify, that on application for evidence of the service of Abram Fuller, as a captain, in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the documents remaining in this office, and do not find any Pay Roll for the service of Capt. Fuller, or his company, now in this office. On the Book called "Haskells Receipts", I find evidence of the service of Capt. Abram Fuller in said war of the Revolution as follows viz.
1st. In an account under the following heading viz. "The United States D r To the State of Connecticut, for sundry expenditures for bounties, extra allowances, wages &c. of Militia from said State, who served with the Main Army, at and near Peekskill in the State of New York," which is the following entry viz. "Capt. Ab m Fuller, Col Increase Moseley's Regt. Billeting & Milage £ 12. 12. 1 Wages £ 35. 12. 2. Amount paid in nominal money £ 48. 4. 2 / Specie Value £ 30. 4. 3." The above account is under date of Jan'y. 30 th 1778.
In the same Book & under the same heading is another entry as follows under date of Feb. 10 th 1779.
Capt. Ab m Fuller, Col. J. P. Cook's Regt. Billeting & Milage £ 147. 12. 1 Wages £ 189. 12. 1 Commissions £ 8. 8. 7. 1 Amount paid in nominal money £ 345. 12. 7 / Specie Value £ 18. 10. 1. 1

Also under the following heading, viz, "The United States Dr. To the State of Connecticut, for the service of State Troops & Militia raised for the defence of the State & allowed by Act of Congress December 28 th 1779, computed according to the Continental establishment of Pay" is an entry dated "Sept. 9 th 1779" as follows, "Capt. Abraham Fuller 1. Amount paid in nominal Money £ 2.137. 0. 2. 1 Computed value of services from April 1 st to Nov. 1 st 1779 £ 147. 16. 9."
Also under the following heading viz, "The United States Dr. To the State of Connecticut for sundry expenditures for the service and expenses of Militia called out for the defence of said State," is an entry dated Jan'y. 12 th 1778, Capt. Abm Fuller 1 Fairfield Alarm 1 Amt. paid £ 12. 5. 11. Since Value £ 8. 3. / The Pay Rolls for the service shown in the foregoing entries are lost or destroyed.
Joseph G Lamb Comptroller by Geo. Robinson Clerk
Recd. of the above for the sum of £ 147. 16. 9.
Abraham Fuller 1779

Jerusalem Falls
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2 Nov
Hon. The Comm. of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Washington City D.C. 5 th March '82
Hon. The Comm te of Pensions
Sir,
In consequence of the decision rendered some time since by the late Atty. Genl. O'Black, as the attorney for Jeremiah Fuller, son & heir of Capt. Abraham Fuller, deceased, an officer in the Revolutionary War, I applied directly to Congress for the pension due the said Captain Fuller, to the time of his death. No action was had upon the application by Congress, & having by leave, had the papers withdrawn from the files of the H se of Representatives, I respectfully present them to your Bureau, & ask that the payment of the pension due Capt. Fuller may be paid his son & only heir, to wit Jeremiah Fuller.
Very respectfully Yours A. R.
J. W. Elias,
Atty. of Son of Fuller